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[XPERIA X1 General] kanthai:
I have disassembled my X1 myself and found that under lower part of backside (piece that have SE logo) is an antenna of some kind.

The antenna is a thick circuit that ran on top of another piece of plastic that cover the loud speaker.

The circuit only have 2 contacts to the main PCB.

My guess is that the reception site of either GSM or GPS is on that part.(may be bluetooth or WiFi too, but I think that's not it)

I wonder what SE/HTC engineer is thinking, putting antenna on this part of the phone! (covered with my hand everytime I use it!)

The solution is "use bluetooth headset" and "hold your phone upside down" and you will be fine. :D
[XPERIA X1 General] SquidgyB:
Yeah, mine loses a bar when touching the metal case at the back, I've not lost any calls (that I know of) because of this though.

I had a look under the speaker section myself last week, and can confirm the antenna circuit over the speaker section. Underneath there's also what looks like a tiny external antenna socket... we could mod our experias to have a rubber duck aerial? Who's up for walkie talkie lookalike xperia? :D
[XPERIA X1 General] bilalsheikh:
lol @ walkie talki and upside down. I think the designers have done a very poor job as far as the antenna location is concerned.

Tumpin does your phone loose all signals when in your hand?

Taking this seriously as suggested in my first post has anyone tried putting a cling film on or to that matter anything to cover that area and holding the phone. I did it with the cling film and there was no drop in the signal. So i think it is just a matter of us using some kind of invisible coating or cover on that area so there is no static conductivity. Look at post #5

I would appreciate if everyone gives there suggestions as well how to deal with it. For the people who took the phone apart you could have put something on the inner side to block the static discharge.
[XPERIA X1 General] Abec83:
I returned my xperia for the second time for signal problems. The problems started after it was repaired for the crack in my case. After that the signal was very poor. GPS was not working in 90%. I wait for 15 minutes for signal, but the only thing that happend was heating the battery. Also HSDPA have a weak signal. In most times I only can use GPRS. The first time I returned the phone for this problem nothing changed. And this time I had a new crack in my case, so I hope they send me a new one!
[XPERIA X1 General] rvnteck:
Im using a X1a and I find its GSM/3G reception is really poor, I already upgraded the radio to the latest but its still the same poor poor reception. Specially when Im using the metal case I frequently get drop calls on my device
[XPERIA X1 General] quetzalquatl:
Just curious! Any chance that you see what for are the two metal plates contacts from the metal cover of the phone? Those near the SE logo. These two and the other two towards the camera are there for... what? The metal cover is used for something as when you rig in the phone and all four contacts are "online" but what for? Thanks! :)
[XPERIA X1 General] stevencyc:
I have a black X1i and noticed that reception increased when using it with the keyboard opened in horizontal position.
[XPERIA X1 General] rvnteck:
Same here, I tought it was because I open my metal case that is why reception goes up.
[XPERIA X1 General] loyjwe:
im using a silver X1 and experience same thing. signal drop by 1 bar when touches the lower back. i dunno wats the meaning of the H or G, but most of the times im in 3G. so H is the best and followed by G then 3G?

does the transparent body protector thingy really helps?

my wifi was even worst, not sure if it is because of my hand touching the lower back. will try it tomorrow. my wifi the best i got was only 1 or 2 bar of signal. cannot even connect to internet at all.

really quite disappointed.

any advice?
[XPERIA X1 General] kingofging:
I too have this problem (with mobile signal - I don't use GPS much so haven't noticed whether this is affected too).

Mobile signal will be fine but as soon as I hold the phone for more than about 10 - 15 seconds the signal drops, usually completely so that it then has to search for 30 seconds before there is signal again.

It's incredibly frustrating as it normally takes about 15-20 seconds to write a reply to a text message so the signal will disappear just as I want to send the message!

I will try using gloves or some other kind of barrier and see if this 'solves' the problem and I have a feeling it will - the only question then is, why is this happening?

I just felt that I should say that I have this problem too and there are many other people out there with exactly the same symptoms - not just low signal but low specifically when holding the phone.

Hence if it is faulty and cannot be cured with a ROM update then there must have been a large batch of faulty handsets as this is not a rare problem.

Nick
[XPERIA X1 General] loyjwe:
i think other forumers had said b4, its bcoz of the antenna is inappropriately built on the bottom back of the phone where users WILL DEFINITELY contact when using the phone, thus affecting the antenna's radiation.

thats why i am waiting for ppl who is using those clear body protection, that is like screen protector type on the back, see if it helps, i think it will be very useful to alot of forumers here.
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
It seems odd though that it affects some more than others... is this due to the diff between silver and black or batches?
[XPERIA X1 General] loyjwe:
pardon me that i forgot. yes they did mention because of the stainless steel matter
[XPERIA X1 General] kingofging:
Oh yeah sorry I forgot to mention - mine's a silver one.
[XPERIA X1 General] loyjwe:
:) thats why i believe its really the case of the stainless steel problem and the location of antenna.

now trying to see if anyone tried using clear film protection on the back and if the signal does improve with that.
[XPERIA X1 General] tumpin:
Yep it goes down by one bar, not always but most of the time!
[XPERIA X1 General] daiash:
i'm also getting reception problems compared to my P1i and W880i, but i live in a poor reception area, when i'm in good reception areas i get no problems

mine is silver and i've lost many calls at home due to the placement of the antenna,

i have wondered why the device has a metal battery cover and why it has metal contacts on it? is the battery cover some form of heatsink? or possibly have something to do with the antenna?
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
mm no this doesnt seem to be a problem for me bu then again my reception is rubbish all the time anyway :P
[XPERIA X1 General] paulf707:
Finally! - found some sensible discussion and suggestions about these issues!

Had my X1 for a few months, and been really disappointed with the signal issues (my reception is OK, but not great, and the X1 issues just make it worse)

I can also confirm that it appears to be related to the lower part of the phone: swapping between holding the phone 'normally' (i.e. with the bottom of the phone cupped in my hand) and holding by the top can change the reception by at least 2 (and sometimes 3) bars.

(I tried to test the 'contact' theory, but found similar changes when just holding my hand very close to the case without touching it - so I can't offer any suggestions there).

I know the bars aren't the most accurate way of monitoring signal strength, but I think that 2 or 3 bars change certainly indicates an issue!

I can only assume that the X1 designers intended the phone to be held in some other fashion - because I also have an issue that whenever I hold the phone, I find I am covering the loudspeaker with my hand / fingers - why is that near the bottom as well?

(on the subject of case design, why is the USB port on the side at the top - why not put it on the bottom so someone could make a cradle for the X1 with charging built in?)

Question for those of you that have dismantled the X1 - is there any possibility that the screen could be removed and re-assembled the other way up (so that the antenna ended up at the top?) - I know it's unlikely, but it would resolve some of these issues.....

I guess I'm going to have to learn to hold the phone delicately by the top edges (and hope I don't drop it!) and see if that improves the general reception....

Cheers,
[XPERIA X1 General] pdamouse:
That sounds like a good idea - I noticed this whole issue with my Silver X1i as well - has anyone tried using the clear body protection like a screen protector? I have a clear plastic body in the mail at the moment but not with me yet to test it myself. Would a screen protector be enough to stop the potential static eletricity interference or be enough of a barrier to stop whatever it is that's happening here to adversely affect signal strength? I've never been used to dropping calls, but with the X1 I've had it for 2 weeks and its dropped about 1/2 the calls I've made (at least 10 I know off the top of my head) - in the past if something happened it was always the other party, now between crashes, this and other unexpected breaks - it can be me just as much as them - at least I haven't had the battery die on me yet though (the standard excuse for the other side) - I'm careful with that, but this is a bit outside of my realm of experience...

Thanks,

Peter
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cb25:
Ive done a search & not been able to find answers.

Basically I want to get my Touch HD to be able to sync via Ative sync using bluetooth.

All the config settings on my PC are correct. Com Port 4 is selected to be used in Active Sync settings.

When I add my pc on my phone as a device it is not showing any bluetooth services...any ideas?

Many thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] B1CEP:
Quick question guys, i have searched, is the TD2 compatiable with microSDHC?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] shuflie:
Where did you search, a good place to start would be the specifications section, although does just say SD 2.0 compatible. A quick google on SD 2.0 would get you the answer though.

(Oh yeah, it is microSDHC compatible)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jimbo987:
yes, the topaz is compatible with SDHC up to 16gb
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] nonexclusive:
Yeah, should do. microSD 2.0 is microSDHC. I've bought a sandisk 16gb card (class 4) for my phone. Still hasn't arrived though, so can't confirm anything. But according to specs it should be a perfect match :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] gkai:
Could you check if your card is really class 4 (maybe test it transferring large files on it using a fast adapter? Most card I have seen are class 2, and the one of the only class 4 was subsequently reported as class 2 in a (rightfully angry) user review.

Juts curious, I already have ordered a 16GB sandisk class 2, which seems (by far) the most common 16GB card available. No test yet (still waiting for my card AND my TD2 ;-) ), but others have reported the combination to work and the class 2 speed more than enough for the phone, only the transfer from PC to card may suffer. The other potential area where write speed is important is video recording and photos in rapid succession....But I think VGA recording will not tax the card, and TD2 is not able to take shots in that fast a succession...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] B1CEP:
thanks....gave up after looking at specification:-P just wanted to be sure before forking out £40
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] gst28:
Hi,

I have a 16GB sandisk class 2 currently in my phone and it works fine. I have played a few divx/avi files off it fine. Haven't tested the video recording though.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] B1CEP:
thanks for the feedback buddy:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] real187:
sandisk ultra is class 6, the normal cards are class 2

i have to correct it:

the 1,2,4 and 8GB ultra cards are class 6, the 16GB is still a class 4

normal sdhc cards are 2

i have a class2 8GB card works flawlesly
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
I would hope it is. My Elfin is running with a 16GB micro SD. It would be toture if I got it and it didn't. %100 sure it does though.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] tornado75:
i have Sandisk class2 16gb on my new Diamond2 and it works 100% fine
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] bwfcmadlad:
does not work

i have just bought a 16gb sandisk sdhc card and it will only show up as 4gb in my phone and laptop and i have also been told the phone does not support sdhc buy a memory card retailer
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] B1CEP:
did you buy the card from ebay? there are an umber of fake sandisk memory especially 16gb.

I brought mine from mobymemory works fine and show 16gb on my phone :-)

always buy memory from repeatable sources!!!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] creiz:
For the record... I have a Kingston 16GB SDHC. Works like a charm.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] christonge:
Me too... been running a Class 2 16mb Sandisk since day one and no problems.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] totinsky:
Does anyone know if a class 6 (16G) will work in the Topaz?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] lanceiro:
I didn't see differences between class 2 and class 4.....

I'm using Kingston 8GB class 4
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Pete_S:
+1 for the Class 2 16mb Sandisk.

I've just changed from the Class 4 8mb Sandisk, and the difference in speed loading up the card with music/video is minimal. I think the TD2 itself is maybe limiting the speed more than the "Class" rating. There might be a bigger difference if using an external card reader to write to the card.

Class 2,4,6 should all work. I would think the brand is more critical than the Class, which only gives some indication of max writing (not reading) speed.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] totinsky:
After trying with 2 different brands of Class 6 16G SD cards with no luck whatsoever, I decided to go with a Class 2 and works flawlessly.

I didn't want to waste more time with a Class 4, for now, but maybe I will test it in a little while.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] samo_ak47:
Ive had problems with my 16gb class 2 card. its corrupted on me twice since i got it. im currently defragging it as this is the second time its corrupted which makes me want to give up on the whole convergance thing an get seperate mp3 and video player now!

ill give it one more change buts this is not good. to see whether class 4 is the better option for TD2

i was checking on this post
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Shambolicuk:
I have a Toshiba 16gb class 2 and it has not failed on me but i do find some cpmpatability issues, like in camera it says there is only enough room for 75 more photos when there is 5gb free mem on the card, also if i put a .nbh file on it to flash a new rom and start the phone into bootloader the phone does not recognise it. I also have an 8gb Samsung class 6 which works flawlessly in all situations.
[S740, S743 General] colonel:
Ok, I have ploughed through a load of HTC phones recently. I will admit upfront that I always like coming back to real numeric and alpha-keyboard phones for my daily phones. I was a big fan of the S710 and S620, actually my favourite HTC phones. The original HTC touch was the most enjoyable touch phone. Recently I have had the diamond, touch 3G, Tytn and loads of both HTC and other makes including the iphone. I have never been comfortable with on-screen numeric pads and keyboards. the screens need constant cleaning, there is no feedback, I am constantly worried about damaging the screen (well done apple for having a glass screen!) and its just a pain when entering numeric digits over the phone.

I will say upfront that I think the S740 is the hidden gem in the range. The design fits beautifully in the hand and the construction is top notch. It looks very stylish and the sliding keyboard doesn't wobble at all in any position. I have never had that before on a slider. The weight is just right and lends a really quality feel. The screen is excellent, the phone is fast with bags of features and a powerful cpu and good memory.

Its great coming back to keystrokes to go places rather then touch, its just so damn fast. Plenty of applications are written for smartphones and loads of free ones out there make things fun.

The UK orange version, when using the HTC home screen, has no really customisations to make one annoyed, except the orange page bookmark! Unlocking can be had for around £16.22 on the net.

Pity no hardSPL, but quite frankly I have noticed no bugs so far and its just so fast.
[S740, S743 General] davi5:
One of my best buys so far!

My only complaints:

-Phone is slightly heavy and long. Weighing at 140g.

Could be due to the underlying qwerty keyboard and big numeric keypads.

-Send and end buttons were too small. Could be bigger.

-Fingerprint magnet, easily scratched keypads and softkeys.

And if you've noticed, it's the only WM smartphone out there having a 256 RAM/ROM.
[S740, S743 General] joebi:
Only real issue I have with mine is that I'm 100% sure I haven't spilt anything on it as it's always in its slip case, but the numeric keypad on the front seems to make a kind of noise which suggests it's sticky or dirt has got behind the keys. Makes kind of scratchy noise which is a bit rubbish.

Anyone else find this?
[S740, S743 General] MagmaChris:
What are my eyes seeing? An S740 post? Wow...

I love the phone, it feels great in my hand and it's also really fast.

joebi I think you've got dirt under it, I have no problem with the keys. Been using it quite a lot since I bought it in February.
[Touch HD General] c4Lvin:
Anyone else using a blackstone HD with Smartone Vodafone Hong Kong? It is unbelievable slow! Like I'm on 14.4 modem! I am trying different cooked roms and made sure the HSDPA feature is enabled as well. My TyTnII was NEVER that slow. Starting to get really frustrated with this thing! What ever happened to 7.2mbps!!!!! geez!
[Touch HD General] genesicgaogaiga:
I am using SMV and official ROM.

I have also got another PCCW card.

They are not pretty fast but not too bad.

It depends on the website site you are browsing and you location.

But if you are using the opera mobile, the speed would be very slow.

Try to use Opera mini or Iris, it would be better.
[Touch HD General] c4Lvin:
Thanks for your reply. WIFI seems OK so i guess it's got to be cheap SMV cheap stuff. I don't think i can use opera mini as it's java based and not direct browser like opera mobile or Pocket IE. I have that 258HKD plan with unlimited BROWSING and 100MB per month of data. What do you have with PCCW?

Thanks
[Touch HD General] AlexCL:
I subscribed to SMV. It's so slow too! What the hell is that internet provider? I totally unadvice...
[General Topics] brain21r:
My problem using this(memmaid 2.3,windows mobile 6.1) is when I open the main program, and clean up the dead registry, it will go on and not stopping even if it is already clean more than it should. Does anyone have the solution?
[General Topics] kokbosh:
dead registry

i bought an asus q552w one week ago and want to install some prgm (backup for example, sktool) i tried this memmaid... after 20 min it was showing 34.6 mega (yes!) of dead registry so i cancelled the cleaning process... what is wrong pls? tks
[General Topics] BUGGIE_X:
memmaid problems cleaning dead registry

I am having the same problem here on my Samsung Omnia II (W.M. 6.5) . I had installed the MemMaid 2.3 and when I run it , when reaches the dead registry to clean, it keep´s runing forever. I waited till it reaches 50MB , what is impossible on dead registry...

Anyone had this problem? Does anyone know what is happening?
[General Topics] jolin_ee:
registry problem

Many people encounter the following computer problems: take a long time to start up, load websites or run programs. Recently I find functional software which can fix all these problems just with one click: tuneup360, maybe you guys could have a try.
[General Topics] dearbrands:
Actually most times there is no need to rebuild or reinstalled your PC windows system, what you need is a PC protector. TUNEUP360 is good choice, you just need to click one big “fix now” button and get your computer fixed at once. ---By DearBrands Software
[G1 Apps and Games] MacFloid:
Hey there,

I found this decibel app at Cyrket:

http://www.cyrket.com/package/bz.bsb.decibel

I cannot access this app from germany. Can someone tell me, where I can get the apk-file?

Thanks. :cool:
[G1 Apps and Games] maxdamage2122:
The app is free so I don't see any reason I can't post it. If for any reason it is not allowed just let me know and I'll take it down.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/2hmgtnnmmk3/bz.bsb.decibel.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] MacFloid:
Thank you very much!
[G1 Apps and Games] matty79:
Thanks for the App :)
[Shift General] hick-man:
good morning everybody

i have baught a shift, but he fall toand he does not any more want to start , he says to me that there is a missing file or to put what is to be done? what model of hard disk must I buy because I was told that it died and the waranty ?

enjoy
[Shift General] unapproachable2kx:
1.8" HDD's look on ebay ;)
[Touch HD General] t3rm3y:
is it possible with a reg change or something to be able to zoom the camera in and out with the volum up and down hard buttons? just easier when trying to take a pic then touching screen, and fiddling about with the on screen zoom.

cheers
[Touch HD General] Wiggz:
Seconded....anyone?
[Touch HD General] cirion:
Does anyone know a solution that lets me connect manually?

What I want is a question whenever I use any service that require a data connection.

And if I already have a connection open, just use that.

So if I go to Weather on my Touch HD, and press update, I will get a box like this:

"I need a data connection!"

How do you want to connect?

1. Wifi (If no wifi found, ask again)

2. 3G/HSDPA

3. GPRS/EDGE

4. Abort (no connection)

I also disconnect 3G/HSDPA so my phone only use GSM for regular calls to save some battery. It lasts less than a day with 3G and 3-4 days without?!? So it would need to enable 3G to use that and disconnect 3G when disconnecting
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] teixeirabmb:
Version WM6.5 ROM V20 for HTC TouchPro (Raphael)

5.07.871.20 ROM WM6.5 - HTC TouchPro

=== CE OS 5.2.21501 Build 21501.5.0.70 ===

- Integration Manila (at the request of many members), the author's XBOXMOD (XDA). Thanks!

- Change the number 1 matched OEM from HTC and Topaz Rhodium.

- Based on the basis of HTC TouchPro OS: 5.07.871.2 WWE

- Change the XIP and SYS from WM6.5 (Core 21501), the source collection: XBETA.

This is a Build new, fairly stable and the source of information is the official Build.

- Speed and stability of Titanium in Core V20 with 21,501 runs and is quite satisfied that mượt.

- The basic functions of WM activities were normal.

Download RapidShare:

http://rapidshare.com/files/223650111/RAPHAEL_WM6.5__5_07_871_20__B21501.rar

Password: PhamQuang

Source: http://www.pdaviet.net/showthread.php?p=676666#post676666
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] rabinhood:
Only one question: what's the connection of this ROM to TeixeiraBMB ROM (besides the cook)? Is it any better?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] teixeirabmb:
No connection at all.

Don't know what it has because it didn't flash this V20 and I don't read viet yet :p

For the previous versions I would say this PDAViet ROM is more vanilla than mine.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] elivne:
A Very good rom, I like it.

love PDAVIET ROM's since my TYTN
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] rabinhood:
I installed this ROM. It's really nice and has one great advantage over others: it maps keys properly for use with gameboy emulators (I mean finally the keys from hardware keyboard send different key-codes - in all other 6.1 and 6.5 ROMs all keys return the same code).

But unfortunately there is one even bigger issue: the ROM is really awfully slugish. Sometimes system stops for several seconds.

Does anyone experience the same problem? Does anybody have some means to fix it?

Thanks in advance. I really liked this ROM, but with its speed it's almost impossible to use it everyday.